According to de latest report from de United Nations, Ukraine populashon don drop by more than 10 million since Russia invade dem in February 2022. Dis sharp decline dey due to de ongoing conflict wey cause many people to run comot from de country and also reduce birth rate drastically.
De war between Ukraine and Russia since 2022 has led to a significant exodus of people, with nearly half of de displaced Ukrainians still living outside their homeland. De UN refugee agency say around 14 million Ukrainians don dey displaced because of dis conflict.
De birth rate in Ukraine also don suffer greatly. Dr. Stefan Khmil, an obstetrician-gynecologist, talk say de healthcare system don dey under serious strain. Many doctors and patients don relocate, and essential medical resources don dey scarce. Khmil even help transport cryogenically preserved sperm and eggs to his clinics in western Ukraine to help women pursue fertility treatments like in vitro fertilization.
Before de war, Ukraine already dey face demographic crisis. Since de country gain independence in 1991, de population don reduce from around 52 million to just under 38 million, according to de UN. De birth rate don dey decrease steadily, and in 2023, only about 16,100 children were born monthly, compared to pre-invasion figures of around 23,000 each month.
Massimo Diana from de U.N. Population Fund in Ukraine say de birth rate don fall below one child per woman, which dey far below de ‘replacement level fertility’ of about 2.1 children per woman needed to maintain population stability.
